(Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?)

The story of Italo disco is not as easy to pin down as its signature sound, with its synths and sequencers, its widely hailed Messrs. Moroder and Flagio, and its simple, unadulterated exuberance. For many, the phrase Italo screams 80s. Yet, before becoming the globally exported phenomenon many remember it as today, the roots lie in Italian disco. A sensuous, sentimental, lavish thing that dominated the mainstream pop culture of Italy, occupying prime time slots on RAI 1, the national broadcaster.

Kode9 interviewed by Nicolò Michielin for AMORE issue no.02

Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Alda Merini for AMORE issue no.02

Photos by David Luraschi from the special booklet "TOUT POUR L'AMOUR" for AMORE issue no.02

Veronica Ferraro for AMORE issue no.02

Horror is a cinematic language of extremes, and the genre that most effectively mines the collective unconscious. It is no wonder that love and relationships, the causes of many of our most extreme emotions, so effectively dovetail with a form that might seem worlds apart from romance.

Meet the artist turning McDonald’s paper bags into mesmerizing light sculptures for AMORE issue no.02

Bijanca Bacic interviewed by Antonia Schmidt for AMORE issue no.02

PHOTOGRAPHY Sam Nixon STYLING Ron Hartleben for AMORE issue no.02

PHOTOGRAPHY Gabriele Rosati STYLING Fabio Pace for AMORE issue no.02

(Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?)

Gianluigi Ricuperati explains us why "almost classic" is the perfect way to describe the Armani legacy on our TIME issue no.03

An epistolary exchange with visual artist Francesco Vezzoli by Luca Lo Pinto, artistic director of MACRO for TIME issue no.03

The most visionary artist among the exponents of the Transavanguardia, Enzo Cucchi, shot by Guido Gazzili for AMORE ISSUE no.03

A polaroid series by Julian Klincewicz for AMORE issue no.02

Stefano Pilati, one of the most iconic Italian fashion designers, shot by Ronald Dick and interviewed by Nicolò Michielin for AMORE issue no.02

European Vampire by Theo Soyez for AMORE issue no.02

Ola Rudnicka in an all Valentino special by Driu & Tíago for AMORE issue no.02

PHOTOGRAPHY Philip Gay STYLING Ray Tetauira for AMORE issue no.02

Stella Duval by Donna Trope for AMORE issue no.02

(Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?)

(Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?)

Mariana Maltoni and Ron Hartleben draw tones à la Nabokov for our tenth cover, where Agnese Furlanis becomes the image of the post-digital age and retrotopia for TIME issue no.03

PHOTOGRAPHY Markus Jans STYLING Jeanna Krichel for AMORE issue no.02

PHOTOGRAPHY Sean Alexander Geraghty STYLING Ramona Tabita for AMORE issue no.02

Stalincrack or Stalingrad ? Find out more on AMORE essay no.02

INTERVIEW Gloria Maria Cappelletti IMAGES co-created by Vittorio Maria Dal Maso and Stable Diffusion for AMORE issue no.02

The Libertines shot by Jonathan Vincent Baron, styled by Jack Appleyard & interviewed by Nicolò Michielin for AMORE issue no.02

Rondo for AMORE issue no.02, shot by Lera Polivanova, styled by Ramona Tabita & interviewed by Nicolò Michielin

Tea Hačić-Vlahović interviews Nicola Guiducci from Plastic, for AMORE issue no.02

Is there any point in going back to the physical fashion show presentations, which are expensive, exclusive, and often not very environmentally sustainable?

A Love Letter by the Editor-in-Chief is the best way to introduce you to the new AMORE issue no.02 <3